SOLUTION: Driving a marmon Wasp race car, Ray Harroun Compleaded the first 500 miles of the Indy 500 in 1911 in 6.7 houurs. question. Find harrouns rate in hours per mile.

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Question 243205: Driving a marmon Wasp race car, Ray Harroun Compleaded the first 500 miles of the Indy 500 in 1911 in 6.7 houurs.
question. Find harrouns rate in hours per mile.
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The unit of measurement tell you how to solve this problem: miles/hr means divide the miles factor by the hours factor.
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500 miles / 6.7 hours
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500/6.7 = 74.63
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Harroun's average rate of speed was 74.63 miles per hour.